It's official, the merger between AT&T and DIRECTV has been approved. With the announcement of the merger approval, we have received an email from DIRECTV CEO Mike White announcing he is retiring from DIRECTV.

SES, the worlds leading Satellite Operator has announced its first full time, demonstration Ultra HD(4K) channel that covers North America. This has been launched on SES-3 at 103W. For more information and discussion CLICK HERE.

AT&T fined $100 Million for Improperly Slowing Data Speeds

FCC has just announced that it plans to slap the massive telecom with a $100 million fine for "severely" slowing down users' connection speeds without adequately notifying them of the pokier speeds they might face..CLICK HERE for more info.

This morning at 4AM EDT SES-3 replaced AMC-1 at 103 West! This is great news especially for the FTA hobbyist. This means no odd skew. This is something we have been looking forward to for a long time.CLICK HERE to join the discussion and post your thoughts and results.

SatelliteGuys is proud to welcome the Official SlingTV Support Team to SatelliteGuys! If you have an issue or question about SlingTV this is the place to get the help you desire! The Official SlingTV Support Team can be found as they have a Sling TV Avatar and have an orange ribbon with the words "Sling TV Support" in it. More SlingTV reps will be joining us over the next few days! Please help make them welcome here at SatelliteGuys!

Rules Change

As of June 1st we have modified one of our rules based on your requests, to find out what it is please CLICK HERE.

Today the DIRECTV 15 Satellite is scheduled to launch from French Guiana. The satellite contains both regular transponders and also new Reverse Band Transponders. Launch time is expected anytime between 5:16 and 6:40 PM Eastern Time.

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For more details and discussion please CLICK HERE. From all of us here at SatelliteGuys GO DIRECTV 15!

Charter Communications this morning announced it was seeking to purchase Time Warner Cable in a $56.7 Billion Deal. Charter is still also working on acquiring Bright House Cable for an additional $10.4 Billion. For more details and discussion please CLICK HERE.